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Nick wrote: Right it's out to the shed with me to practise my 'invisible' joint

We have all been hoodwinked Nick! Word is out that in a vain attempt of one-upmanship Allen has built just half a uke and photographed it sitting on a mirror!!!

How would you like to be this blokes neighbor!

"Beard of God" figure from the special cut "Ultima billet" of the once in a lifetime "Pandora log". (Ecologically responsible windfall harvested)

Oh and hey, speaking of laughing, what do you mean "for a laugh, my arty shot"??? :? You having a go at me? I like your arty shot... :) Cheers, Jeremy. Hey, I like your arty shot too. Has anyone seen any sign of that great tute that was around before the crash? It showed how to achieve shots like t...

I love your rig Pete. I'm thinking I might knock up something similar. One change that I am currently thinking through is to somehow set it up with the blade overhead instead of underneath. The main advantage of this approach would be the ability to slot pre-radiused boards. The high quality blade w...

mail-1.jpeg Take 2. Thanks heaps for the tute Kim. Pic 1 is a shot of my shed ceiling. A tin shed can be a noisy place once you get a router or table saw fired up. This stuff helps a heap to deaden the sound. Also helps to insulate as well when I need to get my little heater going in winter. Pic 2 ...

Sorry for the late reply Kim, busy times. Like many of the solutions mentioned above, my sound proofing foam was scrounged, one of the advantages of being in the building game. You would be surprised at what gets thrown out. In fact Ive lined my whole shed ceiling shed ceiling with this stuff. I hav...

Hi guys, thought I'd add my 2 cents.
My padding of choice is a piece of sound proofing foam. These have a series of reasonably high pyramid shaped peaks which means that any debris that may end up on the mat will fall safely away to the valleys reducing the risk of scratches.

Pete.

Top marks from me. The rossette is a stand out, it has a great mix of traditional and modern that works beautifully. Well done.

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject:

Does this mean there will be a special on bloodwood this week?

My advise would be to stick to a router brand and model that is likely to be around for a long time to come. The reason I say this is that I have spent countless hours setting up jigs to perform various precision tasks. Most of them are specific to a particular router. If one of my routers packed it...

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject:

There aren't too many things more beautiful in this world than a well executed archtop. A true art form. I must get around to building one of these one day and hang it on a wall. Love your work.
Pete.

Hi people. I'm fairly new to the forum and still playing catch up on some archive posts. Found this one and thought I would post my version of the waist press "screw" on my bender. An old broken caulking gun rescued from the bin. I find it super quick and easy to use and has plenty of travel. Cheap ...

Thanks for the comments Tim. You are spot on with your suggestion of the movable pivots. My original sketches that I prepared had multiple pivot points with a slot system in the end of the box. I never followed through with this as I decided that I only ever use 1 radius (16") and took the short cut...

I came up with a slightly different take on the router sled. photoez.jpg The upright piece of ply that you can see in the middle of the box is the same length as the radius and is hinged at the bottom. A fingerboard blank is stuck on with double sided tape. The turn screw system is from a cheapy vis...

I have some tough leathery material I have been keeping from when I was circumcised. There should be more than enough if your interested.

Go with your gut, leave the butt.

Paul B wrote: Try Shellite to remove the tape residue - the yanks call it Naptha. Same stuff - different country The penny drops! Thanks Paul. I haven't been able to find this naptha stuff that is mentioned in all the luthiery books, but have walked past shellite a hundred times at the hardware. I ...

kiwigeo wrote:


Daddy I WANT then...I WANT them!!!!!!

Now now Veruca, take it easy. Daddy will see what he can do. How much for the hand planes Maskery?

I agree with Kim and have been using the Wagner plane and a home made thickness sander. My first guitar however was all done with a hand plane which, despite being quite time consuming, was a worthwhile exersize.
Stanley/ bailey no. 5 was my weapon of choice.

You are viewing a re-constructed thread by the ANZLF recovery team. For more information click here . Originally Posted on: Sat Jun 05, 2010 Hi people. I'm new to the forum and have been browsing over the last couple of days. There is a gold mine of info here. This jigs and fixture section of the f...

So what do you WANT to build? How does it sound? So figure out how to do it... This is very good advise. As a carpenter I'm always being asked for advise from people who want to do their own projects around the house (pergolas, decks, extensions etc.) Often design concepts are compromised jumbles o...

After the glue is dry I cut the bent laminate into strips Matthew, I was wondering how you go about cutting the laminate into strips after it is bent. Is it a matter of just curling the strips through the bandsaw and hoping they don't break? Delicate stuff. P.S- You really are the bass guru, it's a...

Should all us acoustic builders be worried about C.F Martin and co. knocking on our doors. Does anyone know why this sort of legal action doesn't seem to happen in the acoustic world. There isn't a manufacturer out there who doesn't have a dreadnought, o.m or at least an x brace. Haveing said that I...

Allen wrote:
How many of you have a completely shaven forearm from testing out the edge on your plane irons and chisels? Mine looks like I was at the Vet. and they were prepping me for surgery.

Mine looks liked plucked chicken skin.